Improvement in hay-binders



naar sind AUGUSTUSv R. CLARK, OF ONONDAGAl NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 109,176, dated November 15, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAY-BINDERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,-AUeUs'rUs ltfGLAnK, ofthe townof Onondaga, (Onondaga Valley Post Office), .in the-county of Onondaga andv State-ot' New York, have inventedv a certain new and improved Hay-Binder; and and l do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction of the saule and the form thereof when complete and ready for use, reference being had to the annexed drawing forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a sectional view of a loaded wagon with the binder inl position.

Figure 2 represents a top'plan view.

Figure 3 represents a loop-link knot, which is sometimes useful in connection with the binder.

Figure 4 shows the metal link used in said linkknots, connected with a staple to fasten the saine to the haya-ack when required.

A shows the running-gears ota 'agon.

'15, the load.

1t 1t' lshow two ropeswith the ends fastened to v the hay-rack, either by tying in any ordinary way or using the link and staple shown in fig. 4.

lhe'ropes' R It' have to be adjusted for each load, and brought up at a distance of about twelve to twenty inches ot' each other on the top of the load B.

' lo do-this eectua-lly and speedily I use the linie loop knot C shown in iig. 3, iu which the slightly bentlink l is made ot' metal with an opening lengthwise a little larger than the rope used, so that when the rope is pressed into the link from the rounded `side 'of the linlt l au opening will readily be formed for thc other loose end of the rope to pass through, and then, when the rope is drawn by the loop thus formed, the loose end becomes thoroughly fastened at the link l, as shown in the drawing, fig. 3.

The two loop-.ends of the ropes 1t R', being thus adjusted and brought up to the top of the load, I .apply the binding-lever L, which has a head, 71, abo'ut lour to six inches in diameter and about eight inches long, (more or less), and it is better to be made concave, as shown in tig. 2.

Through this head passes thelever-handle S, which l should be of hard wood, and about three op four feet in length and about two inches (more or less) in diameter.

The handle S passes through the head 7i. far enough to permit a small groove to secure the rope, although this is not absolutely essential, and I also. consider it better to have alike groove to hold the ring o at or near the other end of the handle S.

The binding-lever L is then applied by passing the4` head h through the loop of the rope R, at or near the top of the load, and catching the other loop of' the rope It upon the extended endof the handle, upon which rope It is also the ring fr, and, when thus caught, the loop of the rope R' becomes a lever-sup port, and by bringing over the handle S to the ring o',

' the same maybe fastened by slipping the ring fr on the handle h., or the handle h may be extended first through loop of rope R' from the bottom and then through the loop ot rope R, and thereby the leverage greatly increased. s

The use of' the binder is not confined to loads of hay, although that will be the most common form, but is equally applicable to any kind of load that needs to be bound down for safe carriage.

Chains may be used in place of the ropes R It.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure' 

